Met Opera in HD: Manon
Jules Massenet
Description
Superstar soprano Nadine Sierra plays the irresistible title character opposite Matthew Polenzani as her idealistic lover in this Belle Époque set drama.
Following her radiant performance in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for "high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament" (The New York Times)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine of Massenet's passionate drama.
Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking Belle Époque staging by director Laurent Pelly.